Blimey... Sail Rocket sets new speed record at 59kts

59 knots and counting! Sail Rocket's new motto is 'Life Begins at 60' but we are are already blown away. More power to the persevering chaps down in Walvis Bay - they have had their fair share of setbacks over the last few years, and now it's make-out time.

A few setbacks in the Vendee Globe, too, with the fleet now standing at 16. The actuary says that there will be more...

In Asia, the mobile sailing carnival called the Raja Muda Selangor International Regatta starts today at Port Klang, heading for Pulau Pangkor (and, of course, breakfast with the hornbills). See you at the Seaview.

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